Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Listening
1 Track 11 Listen to six speakers. Are the
statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 The woman has always enjoyed dancing. F
2 The man gets on well with his flatmate.
3 The woman wishes she hadnt turned down a good
job overseas.
4 The woman enjoys contemporary novels.
5 The man prefers independent travel.
The woman now uses her mobile phone regularly.
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2 Track 12 What are they talking about? Listen
an ti!k the !orre!t ans"er# a)$ b) or !).
1 a! website forum
b! manga
c! e"boo#
2 a! pollution
b! drought
c! famine
3 a! speed cameras
b! phone cameras
c! $$T% cameras
4 a! a gee#
b! a people person
c! a good laugh
5 a! an advertising slogan
b! an advertising jingle
c! an advertising campaign
a! being frustrated
b! being adventurous
c! being an&ious
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%ronun!iation
& Track 13 Listen an unerline the stresse
syllables in senten!es 1'(.
1 'ow long have you been wor #ing here (
2 )hatve you been doing( *ou loo# e&hausted+
3 Their photos might be sent to the newspapers.
4 ,an was feeling sad because his holiday was
coming to an end.
5 -f only - hadnt refused to help.
-m not a big fan of autobiographies.
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)rammar an *o!abulary
+ ,nerline the !orre!t alternati-e.
1 -m very particular about / for hygiene.
2 -ve really got over / into salsa dancing.
3 )e were brought on / up in a village.
4 - have finished my report. .ow - can hand over /
up the project to my colleague.
5 - ta#e care for / of her when shes ill.
The 0rants turned up / in late as usual so they
missed the meal.
1 - always put off / on filling in my ta& return until
the very last minute.
2 )ell have to ta#e over / on more staff if we want
to e&pand.
3 ,an lives on / in the edge of a forest.
14 At / With hindsight -d have done a lot of things
very differently.
11 5ets cross that bridge when we come to / over it.
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. /omplete the senten!es. ,se the !orre!t form of
the "or in !apitals.
1 6tephens generosity is almost too much
sometimes. 07.789:6
2 'is behaviour at the party was totally
. 9:T8;07
3 8ising unemployment can result in more problems
with . '9<7
4 - could see =ohns as he heard that
hed come second. ,-6;>>9-.T
5 The internet has the way we
communicate. 87%95:T-9.
? guaranteed@ thats what it says on
the pac#et+ 6;T-6A*
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( /omplete the text "ith one "or in ea!h gap.
-ve never been interested
1
in having the latest
gadgets@ but <ar# is just
2
opposite. 'es a
3
of a gee# and has recently
4
to
playing the Warcraft game with all his online
friends. 'e doesnt ta#e
5
notice of me. 'e
disappears for
*ou can give me some tips on the garden. -ts not
very big but theres enough room for a small
vegetable patch.
5et me #now how youre getting on. ;nd send me
some photos if you get the chance. - want to see
what your new haircut loo#s li#e+
5ove
'annah &
a! - still have to go into the office once a wee# for
meetings but its a good balance Hand a chance to
catch up on office gossip+!.
b! -ts been a very stressful time for me recently
with all the problems at wor# and problems with my
health.
c! - guess it must be Duite e&pensive if you want to
be in town so you might not have much choice.
d! 9f course - was the hot topic of conversation for
the first wee# or so but - guess thats to be e&pected
in a small community@ so - didnt feel bad about it.
e! - hope you can get some time off soon to come
and visit as - #now youll love it too@ and it will do
you good.
f! The hardest thing for me to adjust to has been the
change of pace in life here E -ve found it difficult to
slow down.
g! -ts on the edge of the village so its really
peaceful and very Duiet@ especially at night.
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6peaking
12 4e"rite the senten!es using the prompts in
bra!kets.
1 )heres the nearest ban#(
H$ould / tell!
Could you tell me where the nearest bank is (
2 'elp me with my luggage.
H)ould / mind!
(
3 6end me another copy of the latest contract.
H- / grateful!
.
4 Tell me about the councils plans for the city
centre.
Hli#e / enDuire!
.
5 )hen did the language courses for foreign
students start(
H$an / tell!
(
$an - ma#e a reservation for this evening(
Hwondering / possible!
.
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PHOTOCOPIABLE 011 Pearson Lon!man
Upper Intermediate Mid-course Test A
1& /omplete the !on-ersation "ith the "ors in
the box.
convinced point favour suppose sure
way
A# -m all in
1
favour of lowering the voting age.
7# 'mm@ -m not so
2
. ;fter all@ a lot of
teenagers are Duite immature@ arent they(
A# *ouve got a
3
there@ but only those
who are really interested would bother to vote.
7# -
4
so@ but how would you encourage
them(
A# )ell@ the
5
- see it@ #ids need to learn
about politics and current affairs at school.
7# -m still not